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Friday, July 14, 2017

Even as thousands fell victim to the dengue epidemic
amidst a worsening garbage crisis, Sri Lanka’s health ministry appeared
to be among the most ‘unhealthiest’ of places in the city, as dozens of
bags with reeking garbage continued to pile up at the medical supplies
division within the health ministry, an eyewitness told the Colombo
Telegraph.

The
medical supplies division which is located within the ministry of
health on Deans Road, Colombo 10 is the main organisation responsible
for providing all pharmaceuticals, surgical, laboratory and radioactive
items for all government hospitals and other government healthcare
institutions across the country. Sources pointed out that even though
all medical supplies are stored in an enclosed area, having so much of
garbage pile up next to this vital division is cause for concern.

The eyewitness said that the garbage has not been cleared for days, and
the pile of reeking garbage continues to increase. The eyewitness also
expressed his disgust over the government and health minister Rajitha Senaratne’s failure to take steps to clear the garbage from the health ministry, and especially next to the medical supplies division.

“Minister Rajitha Senaratne keeps boasting about taking steps to
eradicate dengue from the country, but he can’t even clear up the
garbage from his ministry,” the eyewitness lamented.